Lafayette Avenue & Waverly Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Waverly Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Underwood Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
230 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Lafayette Av/Washington Av · B38, B93
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Waverly Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    230 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Washington Av, 400 feet away, for the B38 and B93.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Washington Av B38, B93
    400 feet
    B38 B93

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …
  2. B93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & St James Pl 39 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,280 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 107 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Waverly Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

West side of Waverly Avenue

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 333 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1870 and 1887.

  1. Graham Home for Old Ladies Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Orthodox Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  2. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    1,020 feet
  3. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Underwood Park
    50 feet
  2. Underwood Park Playground
    60 feet
  3. Greene Playground
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hollenback Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Library Landmark
    470 feet
  2. Clinton Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cadman Memorial Church Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Emmanuel Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    480 feet
  3. Queen All Saints Church Landmark
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or Waverly Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.